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Title: Measuring Poverty in the NLSY97
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Hill, Carolyn J. Michael, Robert T. |
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Measuring Poverty in the NLSY97 Journal of Human Resources 36,4 (Fall 2001): 727-761. Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3069640 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press Keyword(s): Child Care; Family Income; Food Stamps (see Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program); Poverty; Program Participation/Evaluation; Teenagers; Welfare Using data from the NLSY97, we construct two measures of poverty using the official U.S. definition and the National Research Council (NRC) definition. We estimate the two poverty rates for 1996 for youths 12-16 as 17.9 (official) and 23.4 (NRC), and document the discrepancies between youths considered in poverty under the two measures. We also explore the influence of poverty on youths' outcomes using the official and NRC measures of poverty. The paper shows that the prevalence of poverty and its measured consequences are affected by the way we measure poverty. |
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Hill, Carolyn J. and Robert T. Michael. "Measuring Poverty in the NLSY97." Journal of Human Resources 36,4 (Fall 2001): 727-761.
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